MURRAY, Ernest (1852-1936)Ernest Murray, son of pastoralist and College supporter,
Hugh Murray (1814-1869) and Elizabeth nee Young (1823-1892), and born on 30 June 1852, was enrolled at Geelong College in 1865 and probably left in 1869.
He is listed in the Annual Report Prize Lists with the following awards:
1865 1 Writing 2nd Class
1866 2 French 1st Class
1866 1 Writing 3rd Class
1867 2 Writing 4th Class
1868 2 Euclid 2nd Class
Pegasus in September 1932 noted:
Ernest Murray (1867), of 'Kirrewah', Booval, Queensland, attended the Brisbane Re-union in August. Ernest and his brother Chester are the only surviving members of the Hugh Murray family, of 'Barongarook', Colac, which comprised five brothers, who all attended the old College in Skene Street, in the early sixties.
He died on 3 October 1936 at Brisbane.
His brothers,
Andrew Strachan Murray (1847-1930),
Augustus Morris Murray (1849-1915),
Chester Jervis Murray (1855-1940), and
Kenneth Murray (1857-1900), were also educated at Geelong College.
Sources: Pegasus September 1932 p63.